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Washington mdash; More Democrats in Congress have been vocally supportive of banning Chinese-backed TikTok in the U.S. in recent months, reflecting what experts say is an increased willingness to challenge Beijing and crack down on the massively popular video app.The growing number of Democrats backing a TikTok ban has coincided with rising tensions with China and renewed national security concerns about the vast trove of data TikTok collects on its millions of American users, information that officials warn could be accessed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party. ByteDance, TikTok s Beijing-based parent company, has said that the company protects user data and does not share information with the Chinese government. The showdown over a Chinese surveillance balloon that drifted over the U.S. before being shot down off the coast of South Carolina last month only heightened calls in Congress stanley cup for action against TikTok and foreign adversaries over technology that could be used to spy on Americans. TikTok is a modern-day Trojan horse stanley cup of the [Chinese Communist Party], used to surveil and exploit Americans personal information, Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said la stanley cup st month. It s a spy balloon in your phone. In February, McCaul s committee advanced a bill that would give President Biden the power to ban the app on all mobile devices in the U.S. and take aim at other foreign tec Bvgo President Obama pens personal thank you letter to the American people
Politics Today is CBSNews s inside look at the key stories driving the day in poli stanley cup tics, written by CBS News Political Dir stanley tumbler ector Steve Chaggaris:**Today s elections: What will they mean for White House **Obama talks to Karzai with Afghanistan decision looming **Inside the Palin stanley trinkflaschen campaign AP ELECTIONS: New Jersey and Virginia voters go to the polls today to vote for governor and a host of other state and local seats; voters in New York s 23rd and California s 10th congressional districts will fill vacant House seats in special elections; several cities including New York, Boston, Atlanta and Detroit vote for mayor and some states have controversial ballot initiatives to be voted on today.And what do all of these elections mean in terms of the national political mindset Not as much as you think. The Associated Press Liz Sidoti: Heading into Tuesday s elections, Democrat gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds was trailing Republican Bob McDonnell in polls by double digits in Virginia. In a three-way race in New Jersey, Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine was in a close race with Republican Chris Christie and independent Chris Daggett. And in the race to fill the vacant 23rd Congressional District seat in New York, Democrat Bill Owens was in a tight fight with conservative Doug Hoffman after the GOP s hand-picked candidate bowed out over the weekend. Elsewhere, California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi is expected to maintain the Democratic Party
Washington mdash; More Democrats in Congress have been vocally supportive of banning Chinese-backed TikTok in the U.S. in recent months, reflecting what experts say is an increased willingness to challenge Beijing and crack down on the massively popular video app.The growing number of Democrats backing a TikTok ban has coincided with rising tensions with China and renewed national security concerns about the vast trove of data TikTok collects on its millions of American users, information that officials warn could be accessed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party. ByteDance, TikTok s Beijing-based parent company, has said that the company protects user data and does not share information with the Chinese government. The showdown over a Chinese surveillance balloon that drifted over the U.S. before being shot down off the coast of South Carolina last month only heightened calls in Congress stanley cup for action against TikTok and foreign adversaries over technology that could be used to spy on Americans. TikTok is a modern-day Trojan horse stanley cup of the [Chinese Communist Party], used to surveil and exploit Americans personal information, Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said la stanley cup st month. It s a spy balloon in your phone. In February, McCaul s committee advanced a bill that would give President Biden the power to ban the app on all mobile devices in the U.S. and take aim at other foreign tec Bvgo President Obama pens personal thank you letter to the American people
Politics Today is CBSNews s inside look at the key stories driving the day in poli stanley cup tics, written by CBS News Political Dir stanley tumbler ector Steve Chaggaris:**Today s elections: What will they mean for White House **Obama talks to Karzai with Afghanistan decision looming **Inside the Palin stanley trinkflaschen campaign AP ELECTIONS: New Jersey and Virginia voters go to the polls today to vote for governor and a host of other state and local seats; voters in New York s 23rd and California s 10th congressional districts will fill vacant House seats in special elections; several cities including New York, Boston, Atlanta and Detroit vote for mayor and some states have controversial ballot initiatives to be voted on today.And what do all of these elections mean in terms of the national political mindset Not as much as you think. The Associated Press Liz Sidoti: Heading into Tuesday s elections, Democrat gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds was trailing Republican Bob McDonnell in polls by double digits in Virginia. In a three-way race in New Jersey, Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine was in a close race with Republican Chris Christie and independent Chris Daggett. And in the race to fill the vacant 23rd Congressional District seat in New York, Democrat Bill Owens was in a tight fight with conservative Doug Hoffman after the GOP s hand-picked candidate bowed out over the weekend. Elsewhere, California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi is expected to maintain the Democratic Party